Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1903 — EVER LOOKS FOR TROUBLE. [ARTICLE]

EVER LOOKS FOR TROUBLE.

Mm with • Chip «■ Hl* IhsaUsr X* to Be Commiserated. The really unhappy man; .whose unhappiness Is his own fault, la the one who lg forever carrying “a chip upon his shoulder.” Perhaps his happiness is his unhappiness, for when he is not engaged In a personal altercation he is brooding over some fancied alight and awaiting a favorable opportunity to give vent to his wrath. The man with the chip on his shoulder Is easily recognized and bis nociety by wise people is carefully avoided. He can go nowhere without trouble following in bis wake. If he attends a theater he is either annoyed by the usher or some one In the audience or at the man In the box office for not having told him a aeat bought long before be appeared at the window. He la the bane of the car conductor, end on the railroad train he succeeds in embroiling himself In a row with tha brakeman, conductor, Pullman car porter and the passengers. Each flying cinder from the locomotive is aimed especially at-his eyes, and he succeeds in stirring up the spirit of mutiny in the hearts of the travelers. There are some women similarly constituted who manage to be in trouble from the moment their eyes open In the morning until they close them in sleep. These people are Indeed to be pitied. If, Indeed, they are not cordially hated. This quarrelsome habit of mind can be so fostered that, the petuleney grows to be a malignant disease and leads sometimes to the insane asylum. Parents who notice in their children this fretful, quarreling disposition can easily find, a remedy. They may not agree to the measure—simply a good, sound thrashing. Every one has heard of the story of the child who was continually whimpering and quarreling. In despair the mother cried: “Are you sick? What do you want?” Gravely the child answered: “l think, mamma, I want a whipping.” ' She received the whipping and there was a marked improvement in her temper.—San Frtindsco Post